Documenting Amelia Earhart’s historic flight
Source: Conception Bay Museum Archives
Page 48 of our Airstrip logbook documents Amelia Earhart’s historic transatlantic flight.
Document reads:
Lockheed Vega NR7952 New York
HP Super Charged Pratt Whitney Engine
Owner – Amelia Earhart
Left Teterboro, NB [sic] 9:50 pm NDT, May 20th, 1932
Arrived Harbor Grace 2:00 pm NDT, May 20th, 1932
Departed Paris 7:20 pm NDT, May 20th, 1932
Arrived Londonderry, Ireland May 21st, 1932
Gasoline capacity – 420 gallons reported, 358.5 gallons gasoline, 20 gallons lub. oil
From New York to Harbor Grace Miss Earhart was accompanied by Bernt Balchen as Pilot and Ed F. Gorski as mechanic, solo flight to Ireland.
This is a remarkable flight as Miss Earhart is first lady pilot to cross Atlantic. Left with medium west wind. Atlantic reports favorable.
Signatures
Amelia Earhart, Bernt Balchen, Ed F. Gorski – Mech